Ros-Lehtinen Hijacks Pro-Israel Support for Extreme Anti-UN Bill

[shira]

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced an extreme bill (HR 2829) that holds UN funding, as well as U.S. leadership, prestige, and influence at the U.N., hostage if her outrageous demands aren't met. Ros-Lehtinen is willing to sacrifice the benefits of U.S. leadership at the UN right at a time when the U.S. is successfully promoting its national security and foreign policy priorities on the world stage.

This is not the first time Rep. Ros-Lehtinen has introduced extreme anti-UN legislation. But this time she has strategically timed the debate on the bill to occur in September during the UN General Assembly's vote on the recognition of Palestine. Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen is blatantly attempting to hijack Americans' support for Israel in the hopes of derailing the United States' relationship with the UN. She is misusing and distorting the high emotions around the Palestine vote to promote her longstanding and extreme anti-UN agenda.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/don-kraus/roslehtinen-hijacks-prois_b_943759.html

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1. Well, when "My Israel right or wrong" is our official foreign policy

this is what happens.

[shira]

2. Are you for cutting US aid to Israel when Israel doesn't do America's bidding? If so...

....why not be for cutting off aid to the UN, Pakistan, Palestinian territories, Egypt, etc.?

[geek tragedy]

3. I'm for the US voting and acting in its own interest first and foremost. nt

[Exilednight]

4. Israel admits that they don't need our aid, so we should cut their funding. n/t

[King_David]

5. Who's going to cut it?

I think the Democratic party (which I support) has absolutely no intention of cutting funding to Israel . And I think the vast Majority of their voters agree with them . (DU constituents excepted)

[shira]

6. Where did Israel admit that? n/t